and the meaningful
Episode 03: On the magic of Colombian design with Tomás Vera"It’s about passion, about getting out work out into the world, about creating, about showing what Latin American design can do."
Episode 02: On the culture of coffee with Jake Standerfer“We have the philosophy that there’s nothing sacred in coffee, except the bean itself.”
Episode 01: On the ‘somewhereness’ of wine with Santiago Achaval“It is experience, it’s passion, and it’s profound interest in the land that allows you to build this feeling for the special places.”
From our Journal
Going Deep: Peru’s Colca Canyon
The sun catches the far side of the canyon, illuminating the hills like a golden spotlight from above. Standing in the cool shadows across the valley, the terraces look like long horizontal lines climbing the slopes. They follow the contour of the mountain, interrupted by scrub, cacti, and clusters of eucalyptus. There are hundreds, maybe […]
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Stone, Light, and Fire: Arequipa, Peru’s under-touristed south
The water comes up to my neck. It’s so warm it feels almost womb-like. Ripples form as a couple of doves swoop down to skim the puddles next to the soaking pool. I float, exhausted from nearly ten hours of transit including a pre-dawn flight from Santiago to Lima, and then another hour-long flight to […]
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What the Desert Asks of You
The first thing you notice landing in Calama is the incredible dryness. On the road to the desert oasis of San Pedro, the jumping off point to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, the landscape registers few signs of life — dry riverbeds, copper colored hills, and even an entire mountain range made from compressed […]
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